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RECONVENED - 7:16 P.M. - All Councilmembers present <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />90.A. <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />Paul Le reported that fencing installed by the City on properties adjacent to his lawnmower shop <br />at 806 S. Bristol was preventing customer access and requested assistance from the Council. <br />Mayor Pulido offered to meet with Le and City Manager David Ream in an attempt to resolve the <br />problem. <br /> <br />Margaret Farris indicated she was on the list for Iow-income housing assistance and asked that her <br />application be expedited. She expressed thanks from the American Cancer Society regarding <br />CDBG funding and reported continuing threats to her personal safety. <br /> <br />Miles Leach expressed disappointment that former Fire Chief Bud Carter had been hired on a <br />consulting basis to fill the Fire Chief position during the recruitment for a new Chief. Leach <br />opined that filling the interim position with a lower ranking member of the Fire Department would <br />have decreased City expenditures. Councilmember Moreno explained the Fire Chief was retained <br />to ensure continuing expertise during budget preparation and that a newspaper article on the <br />matter failed to indicate his pension income was not a City expense. <br /> <br />Florence Leach urged the Council to exercise more oversight regarding fiscal issues such as the <br />Fire Chief's retirement. <br /> <br />Tim Carpenter expressed disappointment that the California Supreme Court had upheld the City's <br />anti-camping ordinance and concern with the impacts of enforcement of the ordinance on the <br />homeless. <br /> <br />90.B. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> <br />Councilmember Espinoza commended the numerous students and many others who had <br />participated in a Volunteer Connection Day project on April 22 at Memorial Park and other sites <br />throughout the City for sincerely caring about the community to work on a volunteer basis and <br />not for personal gain. <br /> <br />Councilmember Lutz: <br /> <br />- indicated Eye on Santa Ana had a new editor (Mike Sasso) and format, and that <br /> subscriptions to the publication could be purchased for $4.00 per year by faxing <br /> 542-2326 or contacting Terri Eggers at 667-2246; <br /> <br />- commended Frank Dixon and Daniel Arvizu for coordinating the "A City Dreams <br /> of Art" mural project on the Federal Courthouse construction fence; <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 128 MAY i, 1995 <br /> <br /> <br />